Wayne would return to the human settlement as soon as possible and bring a few horses or workers to transport the spoils.

The only trouble is that to reach this valley, one must cross the swamp, and the swamp is full of various water ghosts, swamp witches, crocodiles and other monsters. It would be difficult to pass if there are too many people.

Fortunately, their location was about an hour away from the elven ruins, and about two hours away from Lower Valen Village.

If they could find enough helpers among the villagers of Lower Valen Village, these locals should be able to help them bring back the spoils.

Wayne completed the journey which would take an hour for an ordinary person in just half an hour. He passed through a forest and a swamp, killed several water ghosts on the way, and finally returned to the elven underground ruins where the villagers of Lower Valen Village lived.

After he entered the underground ruins, some villagers, including the village chief Jeff, first looked at him with surprise, and then the expression changed to nervousness and embarrassment.

Wayne noticed this change, his face immediately darkened, and he asked the village chief Jeff:

"What happened, Jeff?"

Jeff rubbed his palms awkwardly, but facing Wayne's stern gaze and the hilt of the sword exposed behind him, he still said with a stiff upper lip:

"Sir, after you left, the villagers also heard the dragon roars. They were terrified and thought the evil dragon had discovered this place."

"Some young people are clamoring to leave here and escape to other places."

"I tried to stop them, but their voices of opposition grew louder and louder. We knew we couldn't stop them, so we decided to let them go."

"Who knew that a young man named Leon among them suddenly started to make a fuss and said that the books found here were their property and they also had a share, and then he led a few young people to loot together."

"Although I sent people to stop them, a few young people still ran away with some books, and we couldn't catch up with them."

After hearing what the village chief said, Wayne suddenly felt like he was screwed.

What does it mean to lead an organization? If they really wanted to stop a few young people, how could they let them escape? This is obviously a lie.

I was afraid of his revenge, but I also wanted to sell the manuscripts for money.

Wayne looked back and found that, as expected, the pile of manuscripts he had placed in the corner of the ruins was almost one-third missing. Fortunately, the most valuable ones were placed at the bottom, and those above were generally reading materials recording history or secrets.

But even so, it is still very precious information. If you exchange it with warlocks, you can definitely get a lot of good things in return.

He bought these things with his own money, and they had been agreed upon at the beginning, but they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It was all because Borch came too suddenly and time was very urgent. He didn't have time to deal with those elf manuscripts. As a result, this happened within just a few hours of his visit.

The Weiren area was indeed a place where unruly people were everywhere. Perhaps it was because he had given these unruly people the impression that he was too reasonable and too kind, which made them think that he was easy to bully.

They are really some bastards who only care about food and not beatings, and who fear power but not morality.

Thinking of this, Wayne reached out and grabbed the village chief Jeff in front of him, and punched him in the stomach with his gloved fist, causing him to vomit.

Seeing this, several villagers nearby rushed towards Wayne, not knowing whether to stop the fight or to attack him.

In just a minute or two, Wayne dodged left and right, punched and kicked, occasionally threw them over his shoulder, or simply used people as weapons, and beat these country bumpkins from the countryside until they were all crying out in pain.

He shook off the blood on his iron gloves and noticed a young man with a ferocious face stabbing towards his waist with a sharp dagger.

Seeing this, Wayne no longer showed mercy. Everyone only saw a flash of sword, and could not see when Wayne's sword was drawn out. The young man's fingers and the dagger had fallen to the ground.

The young man held his severed hand and was about to howl in pain, but Wayne's ruthless slap knocked out several of his teeth. He could only spit out blood foam, lie on the ground, struggle, and dared not to do it again.

Stimulated by the blood and looking at the gleaming sword in Wayne's hand, all the villagers present were silent, looking at the tall and heroic man in front of them, their eyes full of fear and panic.

To be honest, this was the first time Wayne attacked so many civilians. He felt inexplicably refreshed, but also uncomfortable.

He is not the kind of person who bullies the weak, but sometimes, people cannot be too weak. They have to fight for what they have to fight for, even if it means bloodshed and sacrifice.

Looking at the village chief Jeff who was struggling to stand up, Wayne put the sword in his hand against his throat and said in a gloomy tone: "I am the heir of the Spiven family, the future Baron Spiven. Baron Vetherad of Velen is my good friend."

"It was His Excellency the Baron who specially invited me to slay this evil dragon."

"But you untouchables dared to steal my property. Do you want to be hanged on the gallows?"

The Stavenetian family was a not-too-famous baronial family in the city of Vizima. With his current appearance and temperament, he pretended to be a young and energetic noble boy to deceive these ignorant country people, and it was basically impossible for him to be exposed.

Sure enough, in this feudal era, the title of nobility was far more intimidating than any knight, bandit or demon hunter, and even more terrifying than the sword he held on Jeff's neck.

Upon hearing about Wayne's noble status and his friendship with Baron Willen, Jeff's legs went weak and he fell to his knees. Some of the other villagers who were watching also knelt down timidly.

Wayne was unmoved by this and continued to threaten in a stern voice: "You untouchables, I'll give you three days to return all my things to you."

"I will come to Valen Village again in three days. If there are still thieves who haven't returned my things, Baron Valen will issue a warrant for their arrest, and they will be hanged."

After saying that, Wayne reached out and grabbed Jeff by the collar, pulled him in front of him, and said in a tone of anger:

"Now, listen, you ungrateful bastards. I have killed the green dragon. I saved your village and avenged you."

"You must now select ten strong porters to go with me to the place where I slay the dragon and bring back my spoils."

"As for the others, you can arrange for your villagers to return to the village. No monsters will come to attack you anymore."

"You ungrateful fools, don't irritate me again, otherwise, I will let you have a taste of the wrath of the Svenska family."

No one dared to joke with his own life. Soon, under Wayne's surveillance, Jeff, the village chief of Lower Valen Village, arranged for other elderly, weak, women and children to return to the village. He took ten young and strong men, carrying the remaining manuscripts, and followed Wayne to the valley where George was.

(End of this chapter)